Prospect Park Bird Sightings & North Brooklyn Nature News

Monday, March 10, 2025

Woodcock migration

The woodcocks are coming through! In its peak time during this period, a few were spotted today in Prospect following yesterday's several in Greenwood Cemetery .

My coworker Mark like the rest of us was doing trash pickup ,typical Monday assignments following the weekends. As he walked through the 9/11 grove - the north slope or rise at the north end of Long Meadow unto east drive, flushed two American Woodcocks . One even did the famed walk. I have his video.Later , covering another area for littler ,he flushed another woodcock in the Sparrow bowl, between the Tennis and picnic houses for a third bird.

It's a guess how many more there are in prospect, hidden and unseen behind the fences in those woods . We all never know

Winter is not a season, it's a celebration.

--Anamika Mishra

Gwc redhead wp

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 10, 2025 08:57 by fran 🕊️🌷🐸💐🦆🎀🐥
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S217749480
- Comments: "continuing bird. spotted while being antagonized by a red-bellied woodpecker before flying between trees around battle hill."

Winter is not a season, it's a celebration.

--Anamika Mishra

PP COME continuing

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (2)
- Reported Mar 10, 2025 08:44 by A W
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S217693547
- Comments: "Drake and hen on the lake. Large long-bodied ducks with thin bills. Male has white body, black back, thin red bill and green head, female more reddish and drab. Easy to distinguish in the presence of red-breasted and hooded mergansers also in the lake"

Winter is not a season, it's a celebration.

--Anamika Mishra

Sunday, March 9, 2025

A time for vultures..

https://ebird.org/checklist/S217349449

Barbara S' chklist.for black vultures

Turkey vultures also coming thru other accounts

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Re: There's always a second time...in a funny way

Yay thanks for shout out glad you had a good day Peter!

Dennis W Hrehowsik

President Brooklyn Bird Club

On Mar 8, 2025, at 4:59 PM, Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com> wrote:

This morning I decided to chase a woodcock. And there's no better place than quiet undisturbed Greenwood cemetery.

Figuring a good place to start around Battle hill, I had the fortune of running into old friends Rob Jett and his wife Robin . And all together we went birding. First since we started on Hemlock Ave we had to seek out the long winter resident Red Headed Woodpecker. It didn't take long. As soon as we arrived at the horse chestnut it favors,there it was high on its favorite perch. Afterwards we went a hunting for a timberdoodle.

We walked quite a bit without seeing a doodle. But as we near the Tweed plot, Rob stepped near a heavy leaf cluttered Mossy path and a flash took off, my miss as I was conversing with Robin. But as a secondary prize Rob finds me a perched Coopers hawk and favorites cool looking Cedar Waxwings by Dell water.

When I got home ,I thought helping out Dennis for his timberdooooodle walk tomorrow with the location today. While on errand for my mother and sister to 9th Street, and lunch, Dennis replies he s got a woodcock along dell path. Natch, I'm close by so why not chase a second time.

So three of us are going woodcock hunting. I quickly got my map to look for the spot . When I arrived , I parked in front of a big yew along Dell Avenue, left my family in the car to try my luck on Dell path. No luck. So , regretfully I got back in the car.i checked Dennis's text again and saw he sent a map. So, asking Google for directions, it turns out the spot was right where I parked! 😆. So out I go, walked 10 feet looked left at the yew and there i see a woodcock walking away. I beckoned my sister from the car but the bird disappeared. I assumed it flushed away.

We went uphill to look. Meanwhile my sister hears peenting call. It sounds like off to our left but I didn't want to leave my mother alone in the car . After a few minutes we head back down. But I hesitated and decided to look again behind the yew tree. Bingo! The woodcock is hunkered down in the leaf clutter but we'll see. I got my sister on the bird .after some effort she successfully located it and says it's a funny looking bird ,😆.

So that's another story I can tell now: how I took off far only to find the woodcock was right under my nose all this time!

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Saturday, March 8, 2025

There's always a second time...in a funny way

This morning I decided to chase a woodcock. And there's no better place than quiet undisturbed Greenwood cemetery.

Figuring a good place to start around Battle hill, I had the fortune of running into old friends Rob Jett and his wife Robin . And all together we went birding. First since we started on Hemlock Ave we had to seek out the long winter resident Red Headed Woodpecker. It didn't take long. As soon as we arrived at the horse chestnut it favors,there it was high on its favorite perch. Afterwards we went a hunting for a timberdoodle.

We walked quite a bit without seeing a doodle. But as we near the Tweed plot, Rob stepped near a heavy leaf cluttered Mossy path and a flash took off, my miss as I was conversing with Robin. But as a secondary prize Rob finds me a perched Coopers hawk and favorites cool looking Cedar Waxwings by Dell water.

When I got home ,I thought helping out Dennis for his timberdooooodle walk tomorrow with the location today. While on errand for my mother and sister to 9th Street, and lunch, Dennis replies he s got a woodcock along dell path. Natch, I'm close by so why not chase a second time.

So three of us are going woodcock hunting. I quickly got my map to look for the spot . When I arrived , I parked in front of a big yew along Dell Avenue, left my family in the car to try my luck on Dell path. No luck. So , regretfully I got back in the car.i checked Dennis's text again and saw he sent a map. So, asking Google for directions, it turns out the spot was right where I parked! 😆. So out I go, walked 10 feet looked left at the yew and there i see a woodcock walking away. I beckoned my sister from the car but the bird disappeared. I assumed it flushed away.

We went uphill to look. Meanwhile my sister hears peenting call. It sounds like off to our left but I didn't want to leave my mother alone in the car . After a few minutes we head back down. But I hesitated and decided to look again behind the yew tree. Bingo! The woodcock is hunkered down in the leaf clutter. I got my sister on the bird ;after some effort she successfully located it and says it's a funny looking bird 😆.

So that's another story I can tell now: how I took off far only to find the woodcock was right under my nose all this time!

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Rusty in prospect

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (2)
- Reported Mar 08, 2025 08:45 by Forrest Wickman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S217272592
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Flagged for date: Still earlyish, though I already had one and the same area a week or two back. These two glossy breeding males landed high up in a tree on the N side of the Lullwater at the beginning of the Brooklyn Bird Club's Intro to Birdwatching Walk. They were too far for me to confidently ID before they flew off—possibly in the direction of the Lily Pond?—but I called them out as possible Rustys and snapped a couple of photos to assist with the ID. Sure enough: pale eyes, relatively slender bills (compared to similarly glossy Common Grackle), and the bird on the right has a little of its namesake rustiness around the head. Sorry I couldn't get more people on them! Though there will be more soon. Photos."

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Friday, March 7, 2025

Swaihsons hawk update

Besides greenwood,the bird also hanging out usual perch Sims Recycle facility and also reported flying over Red Hook granary

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Mar 07, 2025 12:59 by MCHL ____
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S217090124
- Comments: "Continuing badass. Seen in flight during intense winds, northwest of battle hill. Lanky hawk with dark bib, dark flight feathers, minimal neck."

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Bird feeders countdown

The prospect feeder are nearing its seasonal end. Next weekend will be the last refill.

-kb

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

COME PPLake

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Mar 07, 2025 08:16 by Chris Opila
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S217021980
- Comments: "Swimming in center of lake. Two males and two femal

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Note first E.Phoebe of the season . Spring on its way.

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

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- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 report)
- Red-headed Woodpecker (1 report)
- Eastern Phoebe (1 report)

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:41 by Susie Dippel
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216928734
- Comments: "2m Peninsula thumb, 1m 1f Lower Pool"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:41 by Susie Dippel
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216928734
- Comments: "Dark back, streaks around head"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:25 by Z .
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216922996
- Comments: "Continuing"

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Mar 06, 2025 11:41 by Susie Dippel
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216928734
- Comments: "By wellhouse containers."

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Prospect Lake is hot !

This morning lake sightings is tremendous given the right time now for passing waterfowl migrants. You have to be lucky to have the time. Here are the reports below

First for uncommon species, a Red throated loon was spotted at the south part , spotted by Zohara. See her checklist in the previous post.

If you wanted to score a rare merganser trifecta, well today was it. A drake Red breasted Merganser showed up today joining a lone Common Merganser ( maybe more as I haven't seen all reports) and 8 Hooded Mergansers in the park.

Gulls still garner interest, as Lesser black backed Gull joined the Greater Black backed before flying off West.

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Red throated loon on prospect lake in am

https://ebird.org/checklist/S216743362

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

PPLake COME

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Mar 04, 2025 15:11 by Daniel Smith
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216646141
- Comments: "3 drakes, 1 hen"

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (5)
- Reported Mar 04, 2025 09:34 by Ant Tab
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216646025
- Comments: "One drake and two hen-types continuing on lake, and then two drakes flying over later in the afternoon, while the original trio was still tucked away near Three Sisters."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

GWC RHWP

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 04, 2025 14:29 by Karina Gee
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216644231
- Comments: "Vocalizing whole chasing off robins and white breasted nuthatch from cache tree on Hemlock. Chest completely white, back blue-black with white patch. Still some brown feathers on forehead but mostly red now."

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" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Cacklin at the Lake

Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) (1)
- Reported Mar 04, 2025 11:35 by Kathleen Toomey
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216657179
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller than nearby Canada goose, with a shorter neck and smaller triangular bill. Its head is boxier than the nearby Canada, with a steeper forehead. Its cheek patch is larger than the Canada's"

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

MICH chlist GWC

Note OCWA and RHWP

https://ebird.org/checklist/S216637583

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Monday, March 3, 2025

March 14 lunar eclipse

Details 3 am peak

Come still here in pp

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (3)
- Reported Mar 03, 2025 07:25 by Sameer Ajmani
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216419864
- Comments: "2 hens and 1 drake on the lake"

Fwd: BBC first Sunday recap

1st Sunday Walk led by Ryan

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ryan Goldberg <ryan.goldberg@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Subject: BBC first Sunday recap
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

I led the club's first Sunday walk from the Boathouse today and we had a great turnout of 30 people (including some Manhattanites!) who braved mid-20s temperatures after it dropped 40 degrees overnight. Among the many highlights, we had nine duck species, including nine Ring-neckeds, four Common Mergansers, and a single Lesser Scaup. Another surprise was an Osprey flying over the Picnic House around 11, clearly getting a jump on spring, as well as four Merlins, two apiece in trees by the Sparrow Bowl and Quaker Ridge on the Nethermead side. Despite the cold, it was a really fun day.

Here is our eBird list from the day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216301591.

One programming note: Today's walk started at 10 AM but next month we'll be back to 8 AM.

Ryan

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Swainson hawk hanging out at gwc more

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 09:59 by Hailey Clancy
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216312646
- Comments: "After seeing only crows and starlings at the recycling center I went to the cemetery. The perch he favors at the recycling station is clearly visible from the cemetery on top of the hill not far from the red-headed woodpecker, so he can scan the cemetery from his perch. Seen soaring over the hill. Brown bib jumped out at first glance. Light belly and neck. Leading edge of wings light, flight feathers darker. As I lowered my binoculars to take a picture I saw a more athletic birder (turned out to be Leo Traub) sprinting uphill with camera in hand. I was too slow to get any photos

A magical tree

My typical after church and breakfast drive with the family into greenwood cemetery was quite special today. I found a temporary magic tree that included one rarity among early March species. Mind you ,I didn't find the golden fleece but for a smallish tree, it made my day.

Typically my drive takes me pass all the water ponds. And the third one was a charm. Crescent water was my last spot and there at the West shore , a tree no higher than 25 feet high in front of a crypt with red brick doorway was the magic tree. I was in the car and from it I saw a " frozen still" Red bellied woodpecker on the trunk no more than 2 feet above ground. A Tufted Titmouse perched higher up. Two lady birders came by shortly after and watched awhile. They soon walked around crescent water. I figure time to go but as the lady birders got near the intersection, I decided to ask them if they saw anything else. "We got an Orange- crowned warbler." Darn! I gotta go back!.

I parked the car near the corner and got out. For the next ten minutes, I saw about 7 species in that tree: Red- bellied Woodpecker ,Titmouse,white breasted nuthatch ,chickadees,junco,yellow bellies sapsucker and halfway thru that bunch excellent views of one of my favorite warblers,Orange- crowned. I tell you,in the sun rays, that warbler looks beautiful!

It was an amazing Sunday moment.

First Sunday BBC Prospect walk led by Ryan G.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S216301591

First of year osprey

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 10:06 by Dylan Mitchell
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216281306
- Comments: "Soaring above the Picnic house"

Big Las prospect chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S216288026

Redheaded (90%red,) gec

On hemlock Ave between mulberry and Battle avenues,visiting fave perch broken top trunk with white bark and hole it dug .I saw it late this morning. - kb

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 08:24 by Corey Finger
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216231165
- Comments: "Continuing bird transitioning into adult plumage. Photographed."

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Redheaded wp Hill of the graves area

KB note hill graves is ridge in line with prospect park west ave Cemetery's entrance

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2025 09:30 by Marc Brawer
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216071812
- Comments: "Continuing bird"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)

- Reported Mar 01, 2025 09:30 by Ryan Goldberg
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216071518
- Comments: "Long staying near the Hill of Graves, head nearly all red."

Prospect bluebird

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) (3)
- Reported Mar 01, 2025 08:53 by Nate L-S
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216047382
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Along the southern edge of the Nethermead. 1female, 2 males. Female blue-gray with light rusty chest and partial eye ring, males bright blue with bold rusty chest. Great spot by Emily L!"

4 Come pp

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Mar 01, 2025 06:59 by Asher Fusco
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215990098
- Comments: "Continuing on the lake, near Hammerhead. Two male, two female."

Friday, February 28, 2025

Wickman PP chklist , variety of ducks

https://ebird.org/checklist/S215839369

good times for ducks with Common and 10 Hooded Mergansers, 8 ring necked ducks,etc

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Come pp

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (2)
- Reported Feb 27, 2025 13:37 by Kathleen Toomey
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215747481
- Comments: "Pair, fishing in the middle of the lake. The male pure white with dark head and reddish bill. Female, shaggy crest with white chin patch. Photos"

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Ring-neckeds and Mergs

Highlights of todays Prospect observances are ring-neckeds and Mergs.

Running into a friend on Well Drive on my way back to my office, I heard a report of 6 Ring-necked Ducks at Ducks Island. Then afterwards I ran into two more friends who mentioned they had 6 more in the Upper Pool. A dozen Ringnecks is a pretty cool number.

Of course as it has been the past 2 weeks, Common Mergansers dominate the news at Prospect Lake. 4 are still being reported .

Its that time of year.

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Feb 26, 2025 11:52 by Ant Tab
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215562689
- Comments: "Four drakes continuing at center of lake."

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Wickman prospect chklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S215450485

Note Rusty BB, European goldfinches, common mergansers, etc

Early great egret

Great Egret (Ardea alba) (1)
- Reported Feb 25, 2025 17:42 by Daniel Campos
- Prospect Park--Prospect Lake, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6553787,-73.9686421&ll=40.6553787,-73.9686421
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215452625
- Comments: "Flying across Propect Lake, landed and hid among reeds at lake's edge."

COME continues

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (4)
- Reported Feb 25, 2025 11:18 by Marleny Rafferty
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215411534
- Comments: "4 males. Large waterbirds black back with white lower body. Skinny dark orange bill, dark almost black-green head."

" Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot,the only home we've ever known"

--Carl Sagan